Firearms Act 1996

A person must not have possession of a firearm that is unsafe. Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or both.

A police officer may seize any firearm in the possession of any person if the police officer suspects on reasonable grounds that the firearm is unsafe.

A firearm is unsafe if – because of some mechanical defect or its general condition, it may reasonably be considered to be unsafe; or for any other reason, it may reasonably be considered to be unsafe.

Notwithstanding subsection (1), the following people may have possession of a firearm that is unsafe:the holder of a firearms dealer licence, if the possession is – in the ordinary course of his or her business; or for the purpose of repairing the firearm; the holder of a firearms licence, if the possession is for the genuine reason of firearms collection; the holder of a firearms museum licence, if the possession is in the ordinary course of storing, exhibiting or showing the firearm.